"Solastalgia is a short interactive visual poem about loss, longing, and dislocation. It’s a complete experience that fuses experimental game design and poetry. It’s based on a neologism, coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht that describes a form of emotional or existential distress caused by environmental change.

Memento Mori is a short Twine piece focused on facing your own mortality. It begins by asking the details of your ideal death, and proceeds on to details of how you hope your corpse is handled. Memento Mori also includes links to various educational resources for the death-positive movement and how to get involved in preparing for the inevitable.

Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities. Vessels is an IGF award winning 2-3 hour, character-driven story, in which no one is exactly who they appear to be… even you. With the help of the enigmatic Voice, rewind time and control the other crew members to explore, manipulate, and gain control. Experience atmospheric, environmental storytelling as you piece together clues on a ship reeling from a grisly death and spreading paranoia. Made by a team local Austin game devs – the Local Space Survey Corps!

This is a simple prototype for an alternate way of typing using a gamepad without using an on-screen keyboard. It’s designed similar to a radial menu, with the four primary buttons (ABXY) each housing a different menu containing 8 letters. The user selects the letter they wish to type from the menu using the joystick. ControllerType is an alternative, faster way of typing using a gamepad that avoids an onscreen keyboard, instead opting to use a radial menu. While this is mainly just a prototype, there are a variety of options included to help make this method of typing as approachable as possible (as well as a few other surprises hidden inside).

Tuck and Rolo is a spooky arcade platformer developed for the PICO-8 ‘fantasy console’. Throw your boney body at enemies or fling fireballs from afar. Make good use of your shield as you traverse the dangers of the game’s one long level. Should you succeed, go for the high score in the repeatable NG+ mode. But only the truly adventurous will find all 9 Secret Shrooms!

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer inspired by the Wario Land series, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the ’90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Vidya Giri is fond of sketching natural landscapes and exchanging links. With href.place she combines these passions to collect and share the various lands of the internet as illustrated postcards.

Sign up by March 12th to receive a hyperlink postcard in the physical mail! Vidya will recommend and draw an illustration of a website for you based on your interests. You can also recommend sites for Vidya to check out, which she will illustrate postcards for as well. All postcards will be shared on the website once the project is complete.

Line Wobbler is a one-dimensional dungeon crawler game with a custom controller made out of a door-stopper spring and a five meter long LED strip display. It is an experiment in minimalism in game design, use of novel input mechanics, retro sound, and the incorporation of physical space into the game.